Means for holding containers on flat cars



July 2 1, 1925. 4 1,546,572

F. EDER MEANS FOR HOLDING CONTAINERS ON FLAT GARS Filed May 24. 1921 2 sheets-Sheet 1- @5U 1112s @thou/vg @s July 21, 1925. 1,546,572

' F. EDER MEANS FOR HOLDING CONTAINERS 0N FLAT GARS Filed May 24, 1921 2 Sl'leetS-SheerI4 2 F D 1 l Y 1 Q- l Q II L I Tn- I T. 7 l l l l i l i 4Patented July 21,1925.

f UNITED4 STATES PAT-ENT OFFICE.

FRANZ EDER, OF' NEWNROCHELLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 RIVER AND RAIL TRANSPORTATION /COMPANY, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A

HOMA.

CORPORATION onoKLA- MEANS FDR HOLDING CONTAINERS ON FLAT CARS.

Application led May-24, 1921. Serial No. 472,141.

To all whom zt mayconcem:

Be it. known that I, FRANZ EIDER, a citizen-0f4 the United States, and a resident of N ew/Rochelle, county of Westchester, State of `New York, have invented certain newA and useful Improvements in Means for Holding Containers on Flat Cars, of which the following is a complete specification, the particular novel features being more fully pointed out inl the anneed claims.

My invention is illustrated` in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a portion of-a flat car with the containers mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front View of one4 foot of a container.

Fig. 3 is a section 3-3 in Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of one corner of a container,

therethru on the line main corner plate,

Fig. 6 is a plan view of one end of a fiat car without the containers showing the arrangement of the holdingpockets, n

Fig. 7 is a section thru the car on line l 7-7 in Fig. 6, and

Fig. 8 is a plan view of one edge of the car showing a modified form of holding pockets.

` My invention refers to the attachment of containers to flat cars, either railroad or other type of vehicles of the kind which are illustrated for instance in the U. S. patent to H. W. Kirchner, No. 1,252,810 of January 8th, 1918, on which the present invention` is a particular improvement.

In the aforesaid patent the containers. in which the commodity is carried are attached to the railroad cars by means of bails which are pivotally attached to the car and which are swung over lugs fastened on the container's. Thisv mode of fastening has the disadvantage that iti becomes necessary for the loading crew toindividually fasten the containers by operating the one or several hails on each side of the container, and furthermore it has the ldisadvantage that by such arrangement of the fastenings the flat-` tirely Fig.,5 is a detail perspective view of the' My improved holding means has the princause if properly placed my improved means will hold the containers on the car against shifting or tilting either longitudinally or laterally.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, 1

represents aflat railroad car of the conven l tional type on lwhich individual freight containers 2 such as are referred to in the aforev mentioned patent are placed. As will be seen from Fig. 7 the containers extend en. across the car, straddling the same with their feet 3.

In order to secure the containers against tilting, especially longitudinally of the car, in case the latter is exposed tov heavy impacts, I provide on the outerlongitudinal edges of the car a'series of pockets 4, (see for instance Fig. 6), 4one pocket for each container foot. The feet 3 are of sufficient length and the pockets are` of sufficient depth to prevent the container from tilting out of the pockets in case ofheavy impacts as mentioned before. t

These pockets 4 are arranged in such manner that they will not interfere with the conventional stake pockets 5 usually -provided on flat railroad cars. One form of the construction of these pockets 4 is shown in Fig. 6, where each pocket is formed at its two ends by channel-irons 6 riveted to the outer edge of the car, the channel-irons 6 of all the pockets on one side being joined by a piece of fiat iron 7 which is riveted thereto.

struction a very rigid form o-f pocket is ob? tained in which the pockets supporteach other, so that the twisting of the pockets is avoided in case the container should be accidentally tilted by an impact longitudinally of the car.

The freight containers 2 which are prefer;

ably constructed of sheet iron, are provided preferably with feet 3-also constructed of sheet metal in order to reduce the weight of the feet to the smallest possible amount Without impairing their resistance against the twisting strains to which they are exposed during transportation.

A convenient form of container` feet is shown in Figs. 2 to 5. As is sho-wn in cross section in Fig. 3 each foot consists of two corner plates 8 and 9, which are shown in perspective view in Fig. 5. Between the vertical sides of these plates are disposed distance pieces 10 of solid casting, .the form of which is shown in dot-dash lines in Fig. 5.

i` The two plates are held together by rivets 1l which clamp the distance pieces 1() tightly between the plates. The central portions 0f plates 8 and 9 are also held together by rivets 12, spacing ferrules 13 being interposed between'the plates as shown in Fig. 3. The outer corner plate 9 extends a sufficient dis tance upwards as shown at 9a in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, so as to form a good brace for the container corners.

A modified form in which the foot pockets for the containers may be constructed is shown in Fig. 8. Inlthis case each pocket consists of a Ushapd member 14 with outwardly flanged-edges 15 which are secured to the side of the car. In order to render the pockets 14 rigid and in order to mutually support the pockets as inthe modification shown in Fig. 6, channel shaped distance pieces 16 are interposed between adjacent pockets and suitably attached thereto (not shown). In the spaces between pook ets 14 and covered by distance pieces 16 the conventional stake pockets 5 may be conveniently placed, so that the flat car becomes available for all the other uses of which ordinary fiat cars are capable.

While I have shown and described particularly preferred forms of container feet and foot pockets, I do not Wish to limit my-` self to these particular forms, because the novel idea involved in my invention is not limited to these detail constructions.

' What I claim is:-

1.V In a carrier of the character described, a platform, containers disposed thereon and extending across the full Width thereof and having feet, with which the containers straddle said platform and means provided at the outer edges of said platform for receiving said feet to prevent the containers from shifting and tilting on said platform.

2. ln a carrier of the character described,-

a platform, containers disposed thereon and extending across the full width thereof and having feet with which the containers straddle said platform and pockets provided at the outer edges of said platform for receiving said feet and having sufficient depth to prevent the containers from shifting and tilting on said platform.

3. In a carrier of the character described, a platform, containers disposed thereon and extending across the full width thereof and having feet with which the containers strad-v dle said platform and pockets provided at the outer edges of said platform for receiving said feet and having sufficient depth to prevent the containers from shifting and tilting on said platform, said pockets being mutually supported against each other.

FRANZ EDER. 

